Most wiccans I have known are also PETA types with rather thin skin. Fun to poke.*LOL* not all of us.
The stuff Harry Potter is nothing at all like Wicca. Wiccan practices include:
- Worship of the deity in the form of God/Goddess. Is this mentioned at all in Harry Potter?
- Rituals set in a magical circle, in the presence of the four elements (air, fire, water and earth). Is this mentioned in Harry Potter?
- 'Magical' work, which is not at all like that in HP: there are no dog Latin phrases to accomplish a certain effect.
All in all, the Potter books would be a very poor 'introduction to Wicca'. Any children who think that geting into Wicca will be like attending Hogwarts is going to be very rapidly disappointed.
.. or even the stuff in Harry Potter.